Le Cornu Charitable Trust

Analysis

Le Cornu Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Le Cornu Charitable Trust reported income of £19k and spending of £63k, spending 327% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income grew from £17k to £19k (+11%), an average of +2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2026, when income dropped by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 272% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Le Cornu Charitable Trust sits at the 32nd percentile: it is larger than about 32% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hampshire Regional Fellowship (£19k), Ordination Candidates Training Fund Incorporated Trust Limited (£19k) and The United Synagogue Youth Charity (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.